September 2011
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on Kitty Genovese and the Bystander Effect →
The Bystander Effect is sometimes called The Genovese Syndrome, named for Kitty Genovese, a young woman who was murdered in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York 45 years ago this month. Her death wasn’t just tragic. It was an indictment of humanity, as issued in the lead of The New York Times story. Quote: “For more than half an hour, 38 respectable, law-abiding citizens in Queens watched a...
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“8. Kiss someone’s eyelids (like Jordan Catalano did that one time, as if you...”
– 50 Ways to Celebrate National Kiss Day
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that regrettable moment
when your slight hangover is mostly gone, and you decide to crack open a refreshing diet coke before noon, having not eaten anything yet (brunch isn’t till one!) and then you double over as your stomach goes THIS IS NOT A BAGEL YOU IDIOT
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brianvan:
Carolyn and I are catching up on our 2-person Project Runway Fantasy League* and it’s great because I just got a point for one of my contestants crying, nullifying a point Carolyn grabbed earlier for one of her contestants being inspired by a dead relative.
*Proof that the surest way to seize my interest in something is to set up a a wager around it.
Considering starting a...
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